Three hours later, Xiao Yu and the others flew across the vast grassland, swept past numerous peaks brimming with spiritual energy, and stopped in the air at the edge of a small rocky hill.
Compared with the great mountains nearby, this little rocky hill was utterly unremarkable. Not a blade of grass grew on it, and its spiritual energy was pitifully thin.
Profound Bone studied the rocky hill, light flickering ceaselessly in his eyes, and said unhurriedly:
"We're here. The nine-curved spirit ginseng is in this place. However, we need to consider our approach carefully before going down. That spiritual creature has extremely keen senses. At the slightest rustle of wind through the grass, it will burrow into the rocks and refuse to emerge. Finding it again would be difficult!"
"The nine-curved spirit ginseng would live somewhere with such thin spiritual energy?" Han Li, who had remained silent throughout the journey, could not help asking Profound Bone. He felt that the mountain ranges rich in spiritual energy they had passed along the way were far more likely places for the spirit ginseng to live.
He could not help wondering whether this old devil had some scheme in mind and had tricked the three of them into coming here.
Profound Bone sneered. "You think a spiritual creature like the nine-curved spirit ginseng would be in the places you expect? If that were true, neither you nor I would have a chance at it."
Xiao Yu agreed. "Fellow Daoist Profound Bone has a point. Perhaps it is precisely because the spirit ginseng defied common sense and settled its true body nearby that no one has discovered it all these years."
"Indeed. I've entered the Void Sky Hall twice before. The last time, I happened to come here while chasing a spiritual bird,